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Regular readers of my blog may recall that I have suffered from the condition known as CFS (ME) for the past 19 years. CFS leaves me without enough energy to get me through each day, and in its worst form makes me unable to get out of bed – for weeks, or months at a time.

On the news this morning, I heard about the launch of a large-scale trial for teenagers in the UK, to treat CFS online. It’s estimated that around 2% of UK teenagers suffer from CFS/ME, causing them to miss school, and the condition is currently untreated. A programme in the Netherlands claims success at treating patients, and is being rolled out here in Britain, initially for around a thousand children. Continue reading →

Last time on the blog, I talked about healthy eating, but if you found my food pyramids a little abstract, I can help by illustrating the principles with some actual meals. Here are a few meals that I’ve eaten this week.

And just in case anyone is wondering, I do enjoy my food. Although my diet is quite strict, I find all of these meals to be absolutely delicious. Continue reading →

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We should all eat a healthy diet. Except, what is a healthy diet? Pick up a magazine or browse the local bookshop and you’ll be bombarded with possible answers to that question. Here’s my take on the subject, gleaned from reading accounts of the latest medical and scientific studies, rather than popular fads. Continue reading →

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A couple of times on this blog, people have asked me to detail what I eat. Creepy, I know. But I’m used to that. So here, in a series of blog posts, I’m going to describe exactly what I eat and why. Continue reading →

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We are moving from a world in which resources are scarce towards a world of abundance. Many things that were once scarce are already abundant in developed countries and will soon be abundant everywhere, if trends continue.

There’s a strong counter-narrative telling us the opposite – that the world’s resources are almost used up, that population levels are unsustainable and that we must cut back now or face disaster. But Malthus said the same two hundred years ago, and so have countless others. Each has been proved wrong. Continue reading →